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According to you, which social reform had long-lasting impact on a specific section of society? Support your answer with suitable example.

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  • Impact of Colonial Rule on Indian Society

The question asks for a reform — a single, datable intervention — not a movement, and for one section. My answer is the opening of formal schooling to Shudra, Ati-Shudra and girl children, begun by Jotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule at Pune in 1848 and institutionalised through the Satyashodhak Samaj (1873). The section is India's…

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  • Why education was the decisive reform
  • The example, and the chain it set off
  • What it did not achieve
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